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Fire Hole River, Yellowstone Park – Vintage Wall Art

Fire Hole River, Yellowstone Park, Philadelphia, Pa. : Geo. W. Griffith, publisher, c1902. — historic photograph
Fire Hole River, Yellowstone Park, Philadelphia, Pa. : Geo. W. Griffith, publisher, c1902.. Historic photograph from the Yellowstone collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Fire Hole River, Yellowstone Park. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Few rivers in the national park are as closely tied to its thermal activity as the Fire Hole, which runs through the geyser basins and carries warm runoff from springs and geysers along its course. This stereograph card, published in Philadelphia by George W. Griffith around 1902, would have been viewed through a stereoscope to give the scene depth. Such cards were a popular way for people far from the West to "visit" Yellowstone, which had been set aside as the first national park in 1872. Its subject headings also point to the park's geysers, a reminder of how central those features were to its appeal.

Created / publishedPhiladelphia, Pa. : Geo. W. Griffith, publisher, c1902.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenreStereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH12805 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5011.
SubjectsGeysers--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1910. Rivers--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,861 × 1,936 px · prints to 13 × 6 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-177843

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